Mavic 700c Brake Post Adapter

Most people in the US market only know Mavic for their rims and wheels, and more recently their helmets and shoes. At times in the past, and mainly for the European market, Mavic has had all manner of bicycle components available, including entire groupsets. For tinkerers the pictured new old stock Mavic brake post adapter can be a handy piece to have available. Meant to convert a 26″ mountain frame to a 700c commuter the plate mounts on the existing brake posts and adds another set of them further up the stays or fork to match the larger diameter 700c rim. As far as I can tell these are long out of production, but available in the backs of dusty shops and through various web sources, even if some of them are asking collector-like prices for what was meant as an economical adapter.

5 Comments

bergerandfriesMarch 19, 2012 at 7:30 am

I was able to change a 1980s bike from 26″ to 700c by just using the brake bridge to mount calipers instead of cantilevers. Also, you could change out the fork to deal with the front brake issue, so you could get by with just one of the Mavics if you found one.

Whiel the Mavic ones may be long out of production, a similar product is and will most likely continue to be available through Xtracycle for those that want to use the Freeradical kit with 700c wheels.

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